Man shot by ICE in Texas is back in detention after leaving hospital, attorney says
A Venezuelan man shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Texas was back in a federal detention center Tuesday after being taken to a hospital for a second time with a bullet still lodged in his back , according to his attorney. A federal judge also ordered Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, who was shot Sunday in Austin, to appear in court next week following a lawsuit that sought to stop his removal from the U.S. Viewer discretion advised: The video above contains material that some viewers may find disturbing or graphic in nature Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, Perez's attorney, said in a video posted to social media Tuesday that the 28-year-old man was “still in a lot of pain.” Perez was being held at a federal detention facility in the remote South Texas town of Pearsall, according to Texas Democratic U.S.
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He was shot and taken to a hospital, then released into ICE custody with a bullet still in his back.
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A Venezuelan man shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Texas was back in a federal detention center Tuesday after being taken to a hospital for a second time with a bullet still lodged in his back , according to his attorney. A federal judge also ordered Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, who was shot Sunday in Austin, to appear in court next week following a lawsuit that sought to stop his removal from the U.S. Viewer discretion advised: The video above contains material that some viewers may find disturbing or graphic in nature Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, Perez's attorney, said in a video posted to social media Tuesday that the 28-year-old man was “still in a lot of pain.” Perez was being held at a federal detention facility in the remote South Texas town of Pearsall, according to Texas Democratic U.S.